KIEV/MOSCOW, July 20 - Ukraine's Interpipe denies it is not holding negotiations on a merger with Russia's Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK).

KIEV, July 20 - Ukraine’s EnergoAtom, the state nuclear power generator, and its Russian counterpart, Rosenergoatom, seek to cooperate in research of safe decommissioning of nuclear power reactors, the government reported Friday.

KIEV, July 20 – Ukraine’s dismal grain harvest, struck by severe drought, may be even poorer than previously expected, Agriculture Policy Minister Yuriy Melnyk said, citing preliminary reports from regions.

KIEV, July 21 ??“ Ukraine will seek to gain ownership of RosUkrEnergo AG, a trader that handles natural gas supplies to the country from Turkmenistan via Russia, the Energy and Fuel Minister said Thursday.

TOKYO, July 21 ??“ Ukraine will build a satellite for Japan and will launch two Japanese satellites into space in October, perhaps leading the way for $1 billion in Japanese investments, President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday.

TOKYO, July 21 - Ukreximbank and the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation plan to sign an agreement on $50 millionfive-year loan, a bank official said Wednesday.

KIEV, July 20 - By autumn, First Automobile Group Corp., China's leading auto maker, is planning to start commercial assembly of Chinese-designed FAW trucks at Kremenchuk Car Assembly Works, according to a deal signed Tuesday.

KIEV, July 21 ??“ Cement prices will remain stable until the end of 2005, the head of Ukrcement Association Hennadiy Donets has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, July 21 ??“ The Cabinet of Ministers is considering involving Russian Aluminum (RusAL) in the construction of a new nuclear reactor at the Yuzhnoukrainsk (South Ukrainian) nuclear power plant in Mykolayiv region, Director general of Aluminum of Ukraine Ltd. Ivan Sakhan told the Ukrainian newspaper Investgazeta, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, July 21 ??“ Raiffeisen Group is preparing a price proposal and draft agreement to purchase Aval Bank, Raiffeisenbank Ukraine Chairman Ihor Frantskevych said on Wednesday, Interfax-Ukraine reported.